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MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone & Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; John G. Schultz, Executive Director) will re-team with NEIL LaBUTE for the world premiere of his latest work, FAT PIG starring in alphabetical order: ASHLIE ATKINSON (Theresa on F/X's 'Rescue Me'); ANDREW McCARTHY (Broadway: Side Man; feature films: Less Than Zero; Pretty in Pink; St. Elmo's Fire); JEREMY PIVEN (Ari Jacobs on HBO's 'Entourage') and KERI RUSSELL (Golden Globe winner for WB's 'Felicity'). Jo Bonney (Living Out; Fifth of July) directs.

The nominees are in!

The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) has announced the 2015 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the much-coveted Distinguished Performance Award. The nominations were announced this morning at a ceremony hosted by Tony Award winners Cherry Jones and Denis O'Hare at Sardi's Restaurant, which were streamed live online at www.BroadwayWorld.com.

Matt Tierney has won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play for MACHINAL. This is Matt Tierney's first Tony nomination. His past work includes Blasted (2008) and Luck of the Irish (2013), both Off-Broadway.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents The Winslow Boy on Broadway. Written by Terence Rattigan and directed by Lindsay Posner, the show began preview performances on September 20 and opens officially this Thursday, October 17, 2013 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). The show will play a limited engagement through December 1, 2013. Scroll down to learn more about the cast!

Two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes star in DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien also starring Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, and two-time Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell. DEAD ACCOUNTS began previews on November 5 in preparation for a Thursday, November 29 opening night at Broadway's Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). Check out the recently released commercial for the show below and meet the cast with videos of them from past productions!

The saying goes, “You can't go home again.” Or at least that's what Thomas Wolfe titled his novel back in the 1940s. Perhaps in some cases this is true, but I'm not convinced the phrase holds so much water for me — because, what if you never really left?

The Old Globe today announced the full cast and creative team for the second production of the 2014 Summer Season, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods, which made its World Premiere at The Old Globe in 1986.

Honeymoon in Vegas, the eagerly anticipated new musical comedy with book by Blazing Saddles and Fletch writer Andrew Bergman and score by three-time Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown, opens tonight, January 15, 2015 at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). Meet the cast below!